Can you solve the below algebraic mathematical equation?

(J+O+I+N+T)3 = JOINT

f you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

A man has a barrel filled with oil that weighs 100 pounds, and then he puts something into it. Now the barrel weighs less than 100 pounds. What did he put in the barrel?

At my favorite fruit stand,
an orange costs 18,
a pineapple costs 27,
and a grape costs 15.
Using the same logic, can you tell how much a mango costs?

Why is the longest human nose just 11 inches?

You are on a Boat in the mid of a river. You have two cigarettes with you. One of these two you have to light, how will you light the cigarette?

How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

You can see it everyday, But cannot touch it at will. What is it?

A thief enters a store and threatens the clerk, forcing her to open the safe. The clerk says, “The code for the safe is different every day, and if you hurt me you’ll never get the code.” But the thief manages to guess the code on his own. How did he do it?